Variety (Aug 1932)

FOREKN Flip NEWS •TARmnr'S" pabis ntrmtSESTATvnB, ss Bae KoIM i* Cable AddreM: TAKINEWS, PARIS. Moroadet 1%-94, '.■ . . • Deapf td yihe ;turesV"wixlI'':oi: Tprphto, Aug, "1;! ;'GlverIJ3-iProflt-Fib- Independent theatre ;^wh^rs_througrUout On lined, up ' in opP<s5lt;loh..to ahy Jeglslfftloh. tor a. . Bi;Ul8h-fllm r.ijUO'fe;-^^ il>ffldlai8;: of ',.)(»royinCe'".arei..&'ef^^ l^glejjBirltt.s^..plctH?;^8:; ftjid: WlU so lict when twig "su,b;ject ia'vtreat'ed atvthe ideore:^'" 'H©nry;''p>:iiiie - mliilstdr ■ , qtipjatarlo, ad^nltted that the par- ti<;]iji.i^r, thought on which he had ^*«l|^^Ilzed' In recent discussions i^i^ol'flcommunicatlons^ w R. B. i^efii^^tt, Dominion premier, and i^p^iWhich Ohtarlo would lay great ■Stf^ in . fOtthq'omjlng.^^^^ !<^fllMiratloiiid) '^ajsr^.ttttf^ve'iicpuiraige- ^^^jnti of tKip" ;use.;ii);f(;3Br^tls4 plc^ it^fpyghouti-the'-ilS't^ , ': v^i;;i^6n't-'khbw\ of any greater edu- .ciitI$Pal force at the present time i'thisiiv;;'the films,' said Hon. Mr. Ifitenry. 'Thiey are one of the things which are dominated In puri..couifT t^ry ;fey AmierlcMi -icieals ^nd,'<possl- ^y,'the jstandariia ^hey set iare nit /^^hit. we ejtpect anji .to^'whlch we' are entitled . here. X.^fejsl ivtiry .strongly on; this point. I think I ain:.Bafe in saying that Mr. Bennett feeid likewise. We are out to get more British films over here.., I think we 6hall be able to do It.'! y-', Quota .LflgitlatiPn. :, At the,.prpgent. tIm:&vQrit^ip . p^^ 'si|sae$ le'glslat^oh'for'establishing a -jltrltish film quota. . Such Invocation .haaV never been enforced, however, thrpUgU fear that Its introduction might bring!tnferlor<]prltlsh flIn»Bito €l,£irui^da. ' i-.Thtii;Jiaik^' <l.a<i'si»r^"has bera^-i pointed \o'ut by, iAde'perident- .itS^tiiltoT bodies. ■ 'f^Vlph weight has been brought .'"tovSear upon the government by pft4 -tir^ptlc fraternities and the subject 'lu^/1already been under, discussion ..^^;ii|ree previous Imperial iconfer- f j.V/'i (Continued on p^ge'44) .\ iDtLANP LEE WALKS ON ffpSON; j(NNS^I^ ; . 1 . tibndon, Aug. 1. Rowland Lee, the Hollywood idl-t ' rector, walked outi of Gloria Swaii-: son's ! Bngllsh unit, which was to m'a^ja 'Perfect Understalndiifg,'- be cajttse of the itechhical j|nt^riV^ntiotf 4^f'non-technical ininds. I'New director la being negotiated anql^wlirsail from-tlje Statue; lmn;ier. ^latejy the deal'Is bet. " ' • i ;^i^dnwliile, Xice has Joined Lon .d,<)'n>^llm ..Productions,, Alexander Kprda's unit; tor' three fllms.- 'This' .tcpmpiiny plans getting away here in tlie'style. CRULL TO LONDON Over tV .Hahdle:^^inpire for Loevvr^ .'paymoni i^^ '. LoeW: is. sending''Harry ■ bruU to jjond6n:,v;J to,. .4a8Upie]_ management tijiere Obt the circutt'i Empire thq- atrl^.". -He .saiil^ Friday.. (5) the ;Bu^opa.":*v '--V^.v , \. " ■. The' 'Empire' 'ik •' presently • in' -the hands of Charles Raymond, who pn CrulVs. arrival In London will trans- fto I 'Sofjiih Africa to take charge of'Loew operation in that territory. Crull spent 16 years with the Keith organization and was at the JFoXj'Wash'^iigtpn'^-Jdr'twb^^^ ;: . '" ■' "" "" C iJB^er Taxes . Is Keynojte Berlin's ^^^6^ Biz : Berlin, July 23. ; The tax reveniifed of the Berjlil .municipality fr^m',; ;ei^tertairimei^V, ta,^ on. ■ clriemas',. ■, muil6'. ";halls, ■ theV ijtres,. etc., 1ms ■ cokaiderably,,. de^? creased In. the course of the'last month. Only $125,000 received as compared to : $150,000 the corre- sponding rhonth; last year. " The decline characterize the dif- ficult situation of exhibitors here. TaradiseV for World I Auteh & Wild have taken the foreign rights to 'Isle of Paradise,' Balinese travelogue. ! Picture was • shown at a special New Tork one day performance at the' Vanderbilt and negotiations are now on for national distribution in the U. S. ESTHEit RAISTON'S BRIT. 3 London, Aug. 1. Esther Ralston, tho American blonde who did a long string of si lents for Paramount, has signed for three more pictures with Gaumont British^ ■ ' j.She has already made an initial . ttilker here, and interrupts het ■vaudeville tour of the English ■ticks'to start on th© seconds ANNOfS iiY M-i; Tcieth Taken Out of Final ;. Draft of:New French Qu6ta XittW;^ Not . Liinit^ Foreign tnajports in Any Manner Dubbing ' Element'. Is.' Noti$otber- . spme' and' - .Cj^iefly.' Affects M^pp;-rJ'.Ali' 'Others;. Dp Th^ir' Im • *^^8^d't^n^^ , ■ ' T'oronto, Aug. 1. i3riti$h -film ■ producers .'Will not s&ek.a|q.u<!>ta/,.: All that! they will ask at the Inter-^mpil c! Economic Con- ference is that British plctuvbs shall not, as a result of agreements, fln^nqlial associatjiona ^i^d' jthe direct or.' Ihdirect' coritrbj .''of' thfetj-tres.. or circvlits',"b^ ^lated' ih'a positl6n of disadvantage as compared . with foreign fllms^ on Empire screens. Such is t^&.'first concrete outline of whiit the' iBrltlsh producer wants as gleaned In an interview with M. Neville. Kearney of the Fiederatiort of British.. Industries. Representa- tives) of iBritish Ifllnisconipanlea .aire here but Kearney will be the sole spiokesinan for the British film In- dustry. i.He , lef11 here for. .Ottawa ia[3t week.' Although Canadian distributors hav« ,wjEige4 a clamor^pus '.cattle witti gpvenitieht hekds' during the past thred weeks in protest .against ex- pePted British quota, legislation, the British film- grbiip I'cvedled that ' (Continued on page 44) Uj ' S^.. p.icijirB firms' ^on. a con sider^I^ Vlpjtoityr.'in tha: final dr»f<;, of tlhjb'V n!eV» ^ l;r«'lnch quota laW as officf^lly ^>prpclainiecl : her« ' Friifay (29)\.The. iaW, which;is retroactive to J!^ly .;i, 4p«s ;n6t,.,.fis. feared, limit.41^ ,humCibr' of foreigh ii^pbrlts in any' J'i1r)«nnbr,f-'; th'era being, Vno figure fp.f', ebnti.ngehts or llcehWs given. Law is different from the preyioii's one in only- 'tUo w^ys, most important being the barring of dubbed films made outside- of France. . Ahtl-dubbing bugaboo, which wias feared by Americans for some time, is now considered not .a serious con- tention. It .affects only one. Uf• S company, Metror-all other American firms; beingsatisfied to do tbpir 'dui>-. bing.i oyer here." .Most IJ;.. S^i .bom- panies, as a matter of' fact, liaVe (Continued on page 44) ' NEW Fox Rep. tfi E!|^^ for Xayalcaife' BriL Cast Hollywood, Aug. 1. George Haddon, dialog director with Frank Lloyd on 'Cavalcade,' for Fox, Is .pn Jils way. to" New York wlielce 'he 'sails': Aailg. 6 for-London, to obtain types and characters for the cast of the picture going into production Sept.,!?. " • Olive '.Brook - and Herbert Miindln arb'»the; ohlyi.; I'iS'b actots jioVr lii tipllywood ■. cast; f Qi? the picture. Bailance of" the ' cist,' 'iholudlng the children required, will be tebruited in JLiohdon, and' brought Over im- mediately. ,. . Understood the nilssion alsp ls a a, good will one to get the co- operation of. the British government and press in the''exploitation' of the picture, prior to .and after its re- lease. . . • Anny Ahlers, Evelyn Laye May Reeniact Parts in Pix . London, July 23. Anny Ahlers negotiating with British International to star in talker . version of . "The Dubarry," the" stage hit in which She Is star- ring at His Majesty's theatre. Miss Ahlers, a Hungarian girl, .will', lead in the film. Picture will be partly B. I. and partly Richard Eichburg's, the later to produce it. Evelyn Laye, in the same "way, Is dickering, for talkers, insisting first on a Continental holiday after "Helen." Prbdactlbh' of abput 30 short-shb-^ Jebts and:,& -d^ feature length films in. Sjpanlat^ is being. planned for ArgoSr: nbwiy. formed Argeiitihe conipany, dompahy was' /formed with' a capital; of '$l,ObO,OOb frh^: ^las already started work on i.Wevferal shortE!, ':• ■ ' > S. - A, Kosarln, technical director of the Pri^ahlzatloh; is in New /iTprk' to nbgptlsitb with RC^/and itipPnT striibtlpti .comiKanyii'He ili^b'i 'iex' pects^tp .^Ire a jdlrbctpr aiiid!i atiipbh' nlcai'';st,att,'V..' ■, •■,' ',.■ ■ • i , \ V.", •, . Arcrbntln^, government ^a'ck-. oC^ the .prbjbct and ihaji; a^aed to 4 ' ■': (Cpritlnued ort page 44) . Market;Mexico M:^ Be lka% Alex Esway to Paris for Korda's Co.; 3 Frencli Pics . London, July 13. Alexander Esway, produced;; and script wrlter,^ once Pf'Ufa.and more Recently bf Galnsborougiv and p3r^t^! ish Interhatlor|9i, • q^It,^L6ndbn . fp Paris" to hahdW ipremjhr^^^ for.: Alexaridbr * Kb'rda;. /yrtibs'ejifllih' company, Lbndb.rv^Flliiji ,i^i;bdiictt<)n3^ is .opening a Parls *^ubsi[di4ry 'ui^dfet;- qie title Alexa]itdbt^-Kbrdi^' 'Prb^,uc*<., tibhs. ^. ■ h;.- ■ - ■■■■M;:f/ ■Esway will-; make, three; talkers iiv./jpifancg befoi?o'. returning tb;Londbn,'"\■ ^ / m IN ENG. Lbndoh, Aug, L - . , Fpx has. formed, a compjany herb to. produce in.-England/ Local Fpz bfliclals say' idba is to make only one picturp as. aqi .exp,erlmeht a^nd. .extend the activities if: successful . Stockholm, July 23. An acute lack of, product has hit the local' iharket ■ ahd'-prbctlcaliy crippled filik biz jlrt this sebtion ot . the world,' Largely . th^^ lies . .Ih • the>,rec.entty''ii^^ taxes, Vhich- ra;ised duties 'pri foreign films teyt Xmerlcan^A'i*^ *re aeep- . ing. thrpiight arid, thbse: ate "not too ■yirell delected'- frbn>'::-th4 J standpoint of; locaLfan' taste, .^^Gjrjiiitfnp^^^^^^ do- i.irig, a- bit 'hetter ijh'aav pr'b^^ be- bause olf lbcftlrtl€jiip^! T)ut; -also are jibt hear'' wliatSlB'"i^ /, Svenskfilmp; the brtly •■; important local picture' X*^ptapa,ny,.y\ Is not P^ulpped' to turn' put' mPre than a dozen or tWo:; fllms,.vwhich .doesn't .cbnie near .scratching, the.- surface. Due to a recent'ilpiip with >Vfa It Is expected that Svenskfllnii' may buck up. The tieup is of a reciprocal na« ture, calling for Svensk pictures to be given a break in Germany and Ufa films in Sweden. Figured that It will' help the local picture com- pany' In more ways than one, most important being the European pres« tlge to be gained put of being a 'partner' of Germany's ace company. . Abouit 40% - of the theeitres lii ,'S,weden are.' dii:rk aiid .inbte facing the possibility of cibslng. v . Fpjt exeicuilves ..'in.. New:.-Tbrfc know n{>'thlrig pi the" Ii^niiin,\i>for- ductlbri; piiribi - explaining;-^ Kowjevet; JthAt hotti Clayton S'heeha^n,' B'px', •'''foroign headj ' aiid 'Sidney R; ilSSehti' Ppx presidehti/are currpntly tn'ljbnV dpn and .could f brin 'the cpnipan^ without consulting or infonnl^g^. New'afork.': : , ' - v \ }■ Fox up to^: the presbnt has. bpe^ ordering Itsl British' quot^ifitlnl^sibn the open market in LohdPn^ \ °. .. Several weeks ago' Foz^ arranged for the production, ^f 'somb-French talkers in'Paris yla a new iridic; company. Two 'pibtures .are to be made by a company to be. formed \fy Andre' Ullnian, preylbusly of Paramount, with Fox paying about tworthit-ds of the negative cost. ' London. prbpdsItloR is likely pn\a similar basis,' If "bnly fblr.^.bne.'.plc-; turb, as claimed In England,, slnbe, If Fox goes tP 'the,; trouble\of .a!(Jt\i7 411y. going Into, produptipn '^brbad bnb picture cannot, possibly i-eturri enough revenue to make a venture worth wiille. ■ , , • e Mexico City, Aug. 1. The prospect of Mexico becoming virtually ' a- fllm-lbsis ' land, which loomed last, aummei*' when a law bbpstlnig ^,000% inipbrt-.levies on all riph-Span'lsh'v'.talker' fllms and discs was' pa^sbdv tis:'Ipbtnirig-again wltb. thb, establtsb^lent ^f a'duty of some $^ eac^ pn\ ^la^og and'niusical discs. Nbw, ImPO^t^ : effective Atigv' 1, also '^^esi import' 'asse^$inent of . around (Continued on .page . 44) NEW Also Cheers lit S. A. WB Pniil; V (lennaB^ DenM by Sam^^M Berlin, July 23. Sain E. Morris, foreign chief of Warners, is due back from Xjbndpn to settle the final arrangements for possible Warner prbductlon. In Ger- many. Warner production ' In Germany is np longer. denied by the. Warner executives as a possibility. Joe Fislier Dne Joe' Fisher, the Singapore and Far East theatre man; is expecting to return to New York in the fall. He was here last winter buying films. ; ' ■ . y ■ ' '■ . . Dlffipulty In setting a definite date due to' the-^adt It takes a letter 40 days to reach Fisher from New Tork.' ■ " • " Buenos Aires,. July 20. Film situation here becoihnlng much clearer with final rejection by the government of the proposed 10% gross on admissions. Instead, a tax will be levied on admlseions at athletic games, principally foot- ball, which draws huge crowds, while another tax accepted which will'' replace the one proposed on films Is on betting at the Palermo racetrack. Next move here is in regard to exchange control, still acute but re- garding which those In position to state aver that within a few weeks film concerns will be allowed a cer- tain amount ■ of dollars and gold standard currency. Data supplied to Exchange. Control Committee shows that all film firms here re- quire per aiihum around > $4,000,000 U. S.,_ which works out at $1,600,000 Arer., per month, and is in reality less, .than • half of 1% of exchange requirements. This amount will '(Continued on page 44) ... Berlin, July 23. A new German-putch 'film pro- duction company has been founded .'in Amsterdan^ undet the. name of Internationale Bldpphon'Nt.^T. with a 'papltal ; stock . bf about 1450,000. 4he parent) t>utch 'coonpahy will •take , bvei' ln: the .Ihipbrtant Euro- pean countrielsspuhdfllm york in vthe way of pirpdiKitibn, 'release, etc The German daughter cpmpany, the Deutsche Eldophon 6. m. b. H., . •with a capital stbek of $100,600, will be' managed' by 'Dr.l RiidoU'Beissel, Wllhelm Huebnet and Joseph Meyer. ."■ : Internationale Eidbphonhas signed license 'arid -ivirorkiri^ . = 4sreements with Tobis and Klariiiflilnij iripludlng patent rights 'of Dr.., JKToenilemann, .whose weIL-knp\Yh. reEjbarcii work 'Was thci ^nal reason fof the setting up. of the new- cpncern. '.. ' .:<;<3ermanl^ p^^ the; new coinpany -. is /to ..take, place' at the Marleiifelde Terra studios, which win be equipt)ed with two sets of Tbbls-Klan^fllhi apparatiisses. Five features will be produced by the German coinpany, the first picture already in work for September re- leased . / 3-PIy Serial of Hugo's *Miserables*. in French - Paris, A"ff-. 2. Victor Hugo's 'Miserables' will be made Into a three episode talker serial. Adaptation by Andre Lang win be directed by Raymond Ber- nard who made 'Croix de Bbis" for Natan. . Idea Is to release simultaneously the three ep^sbdes in three dllferent houses so patrons can take In the- three shows in the same week in- stead of the^u-'xial delay. '.Reason fbr cutting story iritb three pieces is that_it has thus been compressed to. the limit. i